澳大利亚女演员妮可·基德曼荣获美国电影学会颁发的终身成就奖演员。在颁奖典礼中，她感谢了一路帮助她的导演和演员，以及观众的支持。她表示，艺术可以伤害也可以治愈，爱能战胜一切，电影会永恒。
Can I just say, Meryl Streep, I've just loved you.
I've always loved you.
I don't know what it is, but you're a beacon of excellence and warmth and generosity, but you've been my guiding light.
So to receive this from you, you have no idea.
But I wanted first of all to say thank you to the American Film Institute and the people that put this together tonight.
Unbelievable because you work tirelessly to keep film alive and I celebrate you and thank you and thank you because it's important and it's necessary and indelible，so onward.
I was born, as has been said, in Honolulu, Hawaii, which gave me my American citizenship.
But I am an Australian girl, and I have wanted to explore the world.
And I dreamt of doing that.
And acting is the perfect career for that, but it is a nomad's life.
